vdr November 2007

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Fast-forward and subtitles
by Petri Helin 15 Feb '08

15 Feb '08

Hi, Besides DVB subtitle support, version 1.5.10 brought also support for nicer fast forward implementation. From the HISTORY file: - Implemented sending all frames to devices that can handle them in fast forward trick speeds (thansk to Timo Eskola). If I recall correctly, the original patch by Timo Eskola together with the subtitles plugin allowed also subtitles to be shown during fast forward. This nice functionality is missing from the current implementation. So, just to let you know... :) -Petri

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vdr-1.5x: problem with recording FTA and watching scrambled at the same time
by Arthur Konovalov 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hi all! Our local cable operator transmit on same frequency FTA and scrambled channels. During recording on FTA channel it is not possible to switch to any scrambled channel on the same frequency. "Channel not available!" message received. At the same time, when recording scrambled channel, switching to FTA or to other scrambled works. This behavior introduced with vdr-1.5.x versions (at least since 1.5.2, if I remember correctly). vdr-1.4.7 performs fine in same situation. Regards, AK

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[ANNOUNCE] vdr-iptv-0.0.3
by Antti Seppälä 26 Jan '08

26 Jan '08

Hello VDR community Iptv plugin developers are pleased to announce a release of vdr-iptv plugin version 0.0.3. This time the plugin includes a couple of bug fixes and tweaks (for example no more crashes at shutdown). This version also features back-ports of necessary iptv integration patches for vdr version 1.4.7. In other words using iptv plugin with stable vdr version should now be possible. Head to the plugin homepage for instructions and downloads: http://www.saunalahti.fi/~rahrenbe/vdr/iptv/ -- Antti Seppälä

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[ANNOUNCE] DVB-S2 + H.264 support for VDR-1.5.12
by Reinhard Nissl 13 Jan '08

13 Jan '08

Hi, attached you'll find updated patches for VDR-1.5.12, which replace all formerly patches regarding this subject. The patch named *-dvbs2-* additionally adds DVB-S2 support to VDR (thanks to Marco Schlüßler) and requires to use the DVB drivers from the multi-proto tree (see URL below for further details). The other patch is without DVB-S2 support and therefore most suitable for DVB-C users. The patches have been extended to also include the recently released audioindexer patch. Furthermore, the field detection code for H.264 has been adopted to MPEG2, where the same issue (VDR's index.vdr addresses frame pictures, so an index entry must not be generated for the second field of a field picture pair) exists, though hardly used compared to H.264. Have a look at this page for more instructions on this concern: http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/OpenSuSE_DVB-S2_-_Step_by_Step_Instal… Bye. -- Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@gmx.de

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DVD-Plugin compile failure
by Simon Baxter 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

I've built a new VDR box, and can't get the dvd plugin to compile. kernel=2.6.22.9-61.fc6 libdvdnav-0.1.10-3.20070503.lvn6 libdvdnav-devel-0.1.10-3.20070503.lvn6 libdvdcss-1.2.9-4.lvn6 libdvdcss-devel-1.2.9-4.lvn6 libdvdread-0.9.7-2.fc6 libdvdread-devel-0.9.7-2.fc6 [root@cyril dvd-0.3.6_b03]# make g++ -g -O2 -Wall -Woverloaded-virtual -fPIC -O3 -c -D_GNU_SOURCE -DPLUGIN_NAME_I18N='"dvd"' -I../../../../DVB/include -I../../../include -I../../../../DVB/include -I/usr/include/dvdnav dvd.c /usr/include/dvdnav/dvdnav.h:367: error: expected ',' or '...' before 'this' make: *** [dvd.o] Error 1 any ideas?

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HDTV - 2B or not 2B
by Füley István 07 Dec '07

07 Dec '07

Hello list, I followed the recent messages about the future of VDR with great interest . I would like to share my recent experiences about HDTV. As I consider myself to be open for "new technologies" like HDTV is now, I recently bought an HDTV receiver. It doesn't matter who produced it, I think my hardware is an average HDTV setup for 2007: a DVB-S2, MPEG4, H264 compatible receiver with a 1368x768 LCD display. My first impressions are: yes, it looks better, than SDTV. Some say the difference is comparable with the B/W - color one, well, I don't think so. I don't see any reason to watch a news or a serial in HDTV. I think HDTV would be fine for a couple of premium channels/package, for ex. a movie and a sport channel, and the rest should remain in SD. Considering the huge technical investment (20Mbit/sec/channel, high speed dedicated MPEG4 decoders, which consumes a lot of energy, HDready displays, etc), I'm not sure it worths to watch a wheater report in HD. Compared to a well encoded 16:9 SDTV channel (for ex. ZDF), an HDTV picture does not take my breath away. And one more thing, as I tested this brand new receiver: things that for us, VDR users, are usual for several years, are selled as brand new innovative features for a 2007 model set-top-box, and a lot of common VDR features are unknown for these receivers. Shortly: VDR is the best satellite receiver in 2007 :) What I want to say with this long story: I'm not sure if we (meaning the users) should push Klaus to the HD, or just wait him to finalize current tasks, and when time comes (and when there will be suitable HW), I'm sure we will have HD-VDR. Remember: HDTV is not a new era, as manufacturers try to sell us. It just looks a LITTLE better. István -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Best Diskless capable distribution ?
by Juergen Sauer 04 Dec '07

04 Dec '07

Hi! I reworked my ancient vdr system and build a new hardware around my DVB-S card (after a long time of not-usage). I want to use my server using a diskless architecture to run vdr. Idea, which dritribution for vdr to choose ? I intend to have a Debian/Ubuntu system for the vdr system, the distri should be easy updateable, but up-to-date current. I do not want to do manual updates in the form (get source, build, test, install, get plugins, etc.) the building / testing / installing from pure source is nice, makes fun, but I do not have the time for doing that this way. So, which remote boot capaple distri do you use ? Which is best to choose ? TIA mfG Jürgen Sauer automatiX Linux Support Crew PS: due heavy personal work load I interrupted my vdr usage a year ago -- Jürgen Sauer

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PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting
by Unknown Unknown 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi, With vdr 1.4.5 + dvd, dvdselect and subtitles plugins I sometimes get the following when vdr tries to set the System time. May 31 20:23:35 localhost vdr: [3405] switching to channel 1 May 31 20:23:35 localhost vdr: [3405] timer 1 (3 2056-2210 'News') set to event Thu 31.05.2007 21:00-22:00 'News' May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] System Time = Thu May 31 20:23:38 2007 (1180632218) May 31 20:23:38 localhost vdr: [3413] Local Time = Thu May 31 20:19:37 2007 (1180631977) May 31 20:21:01 localhost vdr: [3405] PANIC: watchdog timer expired - exiting! Could vdr turn off the watchdog before it sets the system time, if that is the problem? Josce _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

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xineliboutput frontend sometimes hangs
by Helmut Auer 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hi, When I switch from any channel to channel 1 ( ARD / Das Erste ). it happens sometimes that the vdr-??fe freezes. I have tried vdr-fbfe and vdr-sxfe, and xineliboutput 1.00rc2 and also the cvs version. The error was not always the same: with vdr-fbfe I have to kill and restart it, with vdr-sxfe the screen blanks on channel 1 and I can zap to other channels which were fine, but back to 1 gets a blank screen. After restarting vdr-sxfe everything's fine again. Any hints what's causing this problem ? -- Helmut Auer, helmut(a)helmutauer.de

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Genpix patch
by ShorTie 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Trying to get a Genpix working with VDR. I thought my troubles started when Reinhard posted his new vdr-1.5.12-h264-syncearly-framespersec-audioindexer-fielddetection.diff cause I got compile errors, (should of known better). But after digging back thru all the old patches I could find I believe this has been wrong for awhile. What is/was wrong was that the ‘switch (frontendType)‘ function did not open and close the ‘{‘ ‘}’ properly (thankz Reinhard for pointing it out) after the patch. The original code is like this switch (frontendType) { case FE_QPSK: { // DVB-S The patched code looks like this switch (frontendType) { case FE_QPSK: // DVB-S case FE_DVB_S: // DVB-S case FE_DVB_S2: // DVB-S As you can see the last ‘{‘ is missing and a ‘}’ had tobe removed later down in the code to make things happy. That is why I wonder how the patch has been working in the past. I tried to add the ‘{‘ in after the S2 and leave the removed 1 in but it wouldn’t compile, (figured that be too easy). What I have done is put the original ‘case FE_QPSK: { // DVB-S’ routine back into dvbdevice.c and have added a new ‘case FE_DVB_S: { // DVB-S’ that mirrors ‘case FE_QPSK: { // DVB-S’ routine and made a new ‘case FE_DVB_S2: { // DVB-S’ routine under the switch. I am no coder by any means but can cut and paste with the best of them. It does seem to patch and compile fine but really unsure if what I did will be ok. Was wondering if someone with a little more knowledge than me could take a look @ the patch and see if it all looks ok. Thankz No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.9/1155 - Release Date: 11/27/2007 8:30 PM

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